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LUCKNOW, , QNTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY 24th, 1001
'ODRTEEN PAGES,
Teves Smash Plate
'ina Broken Into
MacRae, proprietor of the '
Fina .Service Station at the' wes-'
tern outskirts: of the Village on.
i .h*ay 86, h.as again been. vic-
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i i thieves. It. is the fifth
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time•iii three years ,that the pre-
mises Was been entered • and ran, -
sacked,
an -sacked,. ,and the frequency of
,these visits and the loss incurred
is pretty discouraging.
,When John opened ;the service
station last Thursday morning he
found the place : in sharrfbles. En-
trance had:. been . gained . by
smashing a;1'ar=ge plate• -glass: win
,dow ; .panel' on the west side of
the '.building.' The .quarter -inch
thick glass had, been', shattered by
the. ;blow and glass, •was found.
six or seven feet .away. Finger
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Mr. and Mrs; :Alexander :.(San
Ay) Purdon of. Lucknow- celebra
ted. their ::6Oth wedding ann,iver
sary.`.on 'Monday, May 22rid an
: occasion that: comparatively: few
are spared .to enjoy,
Mr..; .and '.Mrs. Purdon • are in
very good health and were able
• to,enjoy the day. -to the full. 'Fit-
' ting; it was that• they should re-
turn to .Whitechurch to celebrate
:the occasion,' for it Was , in that
community where they spent
most oftheir lives,,,' •
A family . dinner was held in
the. Presbyterian Church base.
"'Ment, followed by, a reception . in
the a Bening in: the Whitechurch
Hall` where many friends_' :and,
relatives.: assembled to extend
• hearty congratulations and very'
best 'wishes: During the evening
they, were presented- with a gift
The till was rifled inn a fruit-
less .search for money. Jack has
never, left a penny on the: pre-
mises `since. 'the first .ibreakin.
'. The thieves scooped up' a ,large
`quantity of cigarettes, sunglasses
and . rosettes, valued at close . to
$50.,00.. ' These.were items •that
were': immediately evident' as mis-
sing. Nothing in, the mechanical,
line, appeared to betouched.
,,of ;money. by Cecil Falcoxier. ,
Mr. & 'NIrs.. Purdon, were riiar ,
ried at,Whitechurch, at' the . home•'
of 'the= bri'de's ' parents; Mr. and:
Mrs.. Hector MacKay, . on May
2,2nd, 1901.. ; The ceremony. .'was,
performed ':1by Rev: G. M,', Dunn.
af' . Whitechurch Presbyterian.
Church.. Their attendants were
the bride's. sister (Sarah): Mrs:,
Markle `of Hamilton who was.
unable to -'att'end''Monday's anni-
versary and the: groom's',. cousin,
.the ;late Ed Thom. of` St Helens..
Mrs..' ' Pur -don :formerly.
.was :formerly
Christens MacKay,, :One.. of ' a
,family of six girls' and•.five boys,..
all of.whorn are,'liv,ing•but' Mrs.
;Etta 'Mowbray. Brothers and
•tens 'beside: Mr.s.• Pardon; are:
.John, Sarah, Dan, Charlie., Agnes,
Cassie, Bertha, Angus and Gor- has been. .engagedc. as 'French
MR. & MRS. WALTER DEXTER
LEAVE ON OVERSEAS TRIP
Mr' and 'Mrs. Walter ' Dexter,
Boundary West, left •on Tuesday
from Mallen. for • a. flight. over-'.
seas.. TheY, ill .visit in. England
and tour the British; Isles and on
thre Coh'tinent, ': •
They 'were • scheduled to land
at London airport.::.They ;will
'Come back by air also,' with the
take off on the last leg of their.
return. ,j ourney being from Shan,-
non .airport' in :Ireland.
. A •• backward spring' which de-
layed seeding.. operations,, result-
ed in Mr. and Mrs.:. „D e'xter de-
laying their departure by one
week. They planned 'to leave
on MQy •.1.6th.`
SPR,IN,G BUILDING: IS
GETTING, UNDERWAY
With,', spring's arrival construc-
tion work in the Village has ta
ken some impetus Tom Ander-
son, has a four -room house under
construction, adj:orn.tpg, the . Ari
dersorr
Mrs. Frances Cowan s build-
ing an addition to her Log Calbin'
restaurant at the, rear. of the
building.. The walls were poured
•recentlyane the" Carpenter work'
Elliott Sandy of Ashfield has:
•broken the 'ground for 'a' new
house on Willoughby St, between
the Murdie residence and: Buster
Whitby's home. which• was the.
is ,now well advanced.
former Dr. Geddes' :residence.
During Fthe winter the. John
W..Henderson Lumber Co. com=
pleted' a new ranch 'type resi
dente on Havelock St.,) between
the residenee of ' Mrs. Lorne
Johnston and Omar Brooks.' '
Fill is. now being dumped to
leve'''l of the front ; lawn.
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steel Pierced Eye,
SightIs Impaired
Jerry, Cranston of . Belfast has
Inst the sight of his left eye, •
temporarily at .least.',He Was .re --
operating an electrical '
'drill.. when; the bit broke and a
sliver of steelpierced the eye,
It was of,sufficient size that Jerry
was ableto take the protruding
.end in his fingers and remove
rt.
• He •was''taken to Victoria Hos-"
pital where he Was. hospitalized:..
• for a , week receiving treatment, •
on' the optic.. He: is unable to see
at present, but,, it is -hoped that.
;with. treatment, -and • probably
surgery at a future date, that,
partial visii'on . will at' least be .re-
stored.
While Jerry Was in, hospital,
friends' and neighbours, held a'
seeding bee, :and • put• in ',all • his ` • • •'
crop of,•about 43 acres, .
2Q0 Masons: Greeff :Grand aster
On Visit rio Lucknow Thursday
Two hundred.Masons: from' the
twleve lodges 'in ' North .'Huron
1 District,, A.F: And ' A.M., assentib.-
led in the •Legion. Hall, Lucknow
on Thursday evening to ,gave,: a
reuc'irrg . reception to 'Clarence
} ' McLeod Pitts of Ottawa, Grand "
pp____ oin men S �eing Master of 'the Grand Ledge of
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Canada in the Provuice,,; of On-
adeon 1 . r.. v.a v It .was • a
grand `;climax :to Dr:
teff
The repl'acemen't 9f five mein- 1 rjistriot Deputy Grand, Master of
term in, :office' as;.
hers, of the,Lucknow. High School
North Huron He p'resid`ed as
staff.• apart' from '':the prin.; chairmanat, the . reception 'and (.
dinner and extended a welcome
to the' ' `gathering: and ; • special
guests
' Grace was said by ! Rev H, W:.
`;cipa.lship .change,. is the problem
thathas faced '.Board "members
but 'it is ' gradually.,being . solved.
Four appointments have;-:. .al-
' .been made. fifth n -
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read
y n co. d ,
nection, . with a science teacher,
was, uncertain as this is written
as' housing. presents a difficulty. 1.•LUC'%h0W
As Well the . Board is advertising:
for Latin teacher' .who:; would,
.he::a:n addition to . the present
staff.. M
• Mr, Murr:ay af' Sudbury, and a
native of London, has been en-
gaged as ; .conimerc al teacher:'
The shop ,instructora-will .be Ro
b..ert' •Tutchener of Westhill near .
Toronto: Elwin . 'I -a11; principal;; .tante: in; this community. '.. .
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of. -Ayr public' school for five I Among the 'ordirian;ts. who were
4 received ' into the:riesthood . of
years has been .engaged as..: Eng- 1p .
lish and mathematics'teacher: •He the ..Anglican •Church, were Rev.
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or anaz ed 'the.A �.r Citizens'. `Ban•d, . Wilfred Wright'. •,of' the '•4. -point
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and ,previously ,he'd. taught; at At- :.parish of:Lucknow, Ripley; Du;n-
wood ' for; ten .'years, gan:non and Port': Albert and Rev.
As previously reported', .Mrs ;Lyle. Albert Bennett..of the three.
Francis Desjarlais'. of .'Milverton .poi; t 'Parish of Bei v e, l� inlc•u�gh
and Kingarf
The week -end Was spentin re-
treat at Huron ..College for the;;
ordination ceremonies'. at.; •10:.00
a iirn.; on
Tuesday.
Rev. Wilfred 'Wright
.Rev, Wilfred. Wright. was .edu-
'-'-cated'mart P"
to-� urbllc--Stib-o-orls,
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Strapp,.'district Chaplain, A. tut- `t
key dinn :r •wss 'served by the' '
ladies.. of St. :.Peter's. Ladies, Guild.
Bob' MacKenzie,` thanked the la-
dies,. . for' the spl:end'id :meal, and.
on their *behalf Mrs.' Ernest Gaunt
replied, stating: it had been a'„
privilege'. to cater. , •
The Grand Master: and- head.
table: guests were piped t:o their.,
p1a :es by Sandy 1Vla:cLonald of
Ki;: t:=&:l, to •. a'' standing .•ovation;
fro,:n the,,'asrem:bly. "W, A. Porte-
ous : was.master'':